Database-to-Website & API integration

Login to your nil database account.

Artists, Artworks, Exhibitions and Publications in nil database can sync automatically with your website.

Sync an Artist

Selected Contacts will be displayed on your Artists list (Menu → Artists). Biography and documents to download will appear under the Artist’s individual page.
In nil, go to Contacts and click on the first Artist you want to add to your website. At the bottom of the contact details tick the box Website. Repeat the steps below for each artist.

To add a biography, edit the record and enter the text under biography. Format the text with Markdown (add italic, bold, links...).

Add a downloadable file

To add PDFs that your visitors can save from your website on the artist's page to their device, you will need to upload the files under the contact’s Attachments tab. You must select a role for each PDF: Biography, Bibliography, CV or Selected texts before uploading it.

Set-up categories for your exhibitions

Set-up your exhibitions categories: Go to Account Administration → Settings and scroll down to Exhibition categories. The categories are important because they are included in the filters on the Exhibitions page.
The default categories are: Art Fairs, Auctions, External (outside the gallery), Gallery (your gallery program), Online & Projects. Feel free to edit the categories.

Sync an exhibition

Selected exhibitions will be displayed on the Exhibition page (Menu → Exhibitions) under Current, Upcoming and Past so it’s mandatory to add dates for each exhibition. Current and upcoming exhibitions will also be displayed on the Homepage.

In nil, go to Exhibitions and click on the first Exhibition you want to add to your website. At the bottom of the exhibition details tick the box Website. Repeat the steps below for each exhibition.

To add a press release, edit the record and enter the text under press release. Format the text with Markdown (add italic, bold, links...).

The first image under the Installation views tab will be displayed on the Homepage for current and upcoming exhibitions. Minimum resolution required is 2048px wide but 4000px is best for retina.

Sync an artwork

Selected artworks will be displayed on the Artist’s page (Menu → Artists → Artist’s page).
In nil, go to Inventory and click on the first artwork you want to add to your website. At the bottom of the artwork details tick the box Website. Repeat the steps below for each artwork.

Sync a publication

Selected publications will be displayed on the Publications page (Menu → Publications) and on the Artist’s page (Menu → Artists → Artist’s page).
In nil, go to Biblio and click on the first publication you want to add to your website. At the bottom of the publication details tick the box Website. Repeat the steps below for each publication.

To add a Paypal ID, edit the record and enter the ID under Paypal hosted button ID.

To add a description, edit the record and enter it under description.

To add a cover image, click on the Scans tab and click on Add an image.

Create News

Posts are displayed on the News page (Menu → News) and on the homepage if current.
Go to Account administration and locate the Websites tab. Click on Manage posts. Add as many posts as you want. Select if you want it to be featured on the homepage or not, enter the publish start and end dates, give it a title, write a blurb and some contents.

To add an image, save your post and click on the Images tab to upload it.

Create Contact page

Your contact details and location are displayed on the Contact page (Menu → Contact).
Go to Account administration and locate the Websites tab. Click on Manage Locations. Under Contact, select your contact record that you priorly have updated with an image, full address, email, telephone number, and social media.
Enter directions, opening hours and add the url for visitors to subscribe to your mailing list.

Publish

Once you are done, you need to publish your content.

Go to Account administration and locate the Websites tab. Click on the Generate button to sync your content and do not close the window until the sync is finished.